Posts Tagged: "Green"

For those of you survivalists out there compiling your “apocalypse gear” collection, this may be the flashlight you have been dreaming about. Harnessing an appropriately titled Flashpoint Power Technology, the flashlight uses environmentally friendly ultracapacitors to help manage the the flow of energy in terms of performance and run time. ...

This is one of those things that everybody probably should have thought of well before now, and yet, nobody ever did. You’ve seen the cardboard iPod case…now try the case made from old comics. If you take some old comics, or even old magazines or newspapers, some masking tape, and...

Remember Scosche’s solCHAT Bluetooth speaker phone? It’s now on sale at select retailers for about $70. In case you forgot, the solCHAT is like any other Bluetooth speakerphone, but includes a solar panel on its rear that enables it to recharge itself when placed into the sun. Expect to get...

Solar power has yet to reach a level of adoption that it will solve our energy needs. But if Solar Roadways has their way we’ll soon all be driving, yes driving, on solar panels. The benefits to their solar powered roadway go beyond the conventional. In addition to generating electricity,...

While APC’s Power-Saving Surge Protectors With Programmable LCD Timer aren’t much to look at, there energy saving features will have you seeing (and saying) green in no time flat. Stupid puns aside (keep reading and you might get them), these two surge protectors boast a set of outlets that can...

I’m all for riding a bike over car transport and PedalPower+ now offers me a way to double down on my green equity. Much like the dynamos of the 80s and 90s that powered many a bike lights, the PedalPower+ uses the same concept but instead regulates the power to...

It might bear a similar resemblance to the Propel, but Samsung’s Reclaim is all about Eco-friendly. So much so in fact that its box is crafted from 70 percent recycled materials and printed using a Soy based ink. Also adding to the ‘green’ factor is the phone’s outer casing, which...

So we’ve seen a few ways to save on water when it comes to washing clothes, but none quite so efficient as the Xeros machine. Instead of using gallons of water, the Xeros machine depends on polymer beads that when combined with a small amount of H2O, enough to get...

Sliding doors ain’t exactly new tech, but this innovative concept uses zero electricity and depends on the person’s weight to to open and close. It works by stepping on a foot plate that engages a set of gears that trigger a counter weight that pulls the doors open. Step off...

Whose got the fastest street legal all electric car? No, not Tesla. A guy named John Wayland who converted an old Datsun. It can now do over 100mph in the quarter mile, which equates to a 12 second run. Hit the video below for complete details. [GR]369h-SEBXd8[/GR] [via Uniquedaily]...

We’ve seen piezoelectric flooring before, but now POWERleap hopes to bring the product to commercial availability. In case you forgot, the concept is simple: when a person walks on the pad the energy from their foot step is captured, stored and ultimately recycled for later use. In reality, massive foot...